Now, Natural Resources Wales confirmed they issued a notice to remove the waste, which was being contested by the company.

David Powell, Environment Manager, Natural Resources Wales said: “Natural Resources Wales issued Lancashire Fuels 4 U with a notice to remove waste from their site at River Lane, Saltney in December last year.

“The company has appealed against the notice and legal proceedings are ongoing.

“We received an application for an environmental permit from Lancashire Fuels 4 U in January 2014 to turn the waste into biomass fuel but this application is still under assessment and no environmental permit has been issued.”

The Daily Post has made repeated attempts to contact Lancashire Fuels. These have been met with an answer phone message stating that the “office is unattended at present”.